Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of the subfornical organ of the grass frog (Rana pipiens) |
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Authors: | Prof H -D Dellmann |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa;(2) Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 50011 Ames, Iowa, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The ventricular surface of the subfornical organ of the frog is made up of ependymal cells with numerous apical microvilli, occasional cytoplasmic protrusions and many vacuoles projecting into the lumen of the third ventricle. Between these cells dendrites of cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons reach the ventricle to terminate in bulbous enlargements. In addition, flask-shaped encephalo-chromaffin cells, containing granulated vesicles and aggregates of filaments in their cytoplasm, project into the cerebrospinal fluid. Surrounding the centrally located capillaries are enlarged dendrites and axons of heterogeneous morphology, some of which appear to originate within the subfornical organ, intermingled with dendrites and axons of normal structure. The glial cells in this region, especially the microglial cells, often contain large lipofuscin inclusions, suggestive of degeneration and subsequent phagocytosis of some of the enlarged dendrites and axons. The normally scarce neurosecretory peptidergic axons become more evident and form typical Herring bodies in stalk-transected animals. Neuronal perikarya of varying morphology are predominantly located peripheral to the region of enlarged dendrites and axons. Supraependymal macrophages are particularly numerous on the subfornical organ.Abbreviations used
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
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SEM
scanning electron microscope, scanning electron microscopy
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SFO
subfornical organ
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TEM
transmission electron microscope, transmission electron microscopy
Supported, in part, by NIH grant NB 07492The skillful technical assistance of J.G. Linner and the secretarial assistance of Ann Gerdom are gratefully acknowledged. The SEM studies were made possible through a grant from the Graduate College of Iowa State University and the use of the SEM facility in the Department of Botany |
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Keywords: | Subfornical organ Circumventricular organs CSF-contacting neurons Encephalo-chromaffin cells Neurosecretion Rana pipiens |
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